Bracelet.



A. HADLEY. BRACELET.

APPLISATION FILED NOV. 20, 1914.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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ART HADLEY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BRAGE'LE'LEI essrs.

Application filed November 20, 1914-.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, ART HADLEY, a subject of the King of England, andresident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence andState of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Bracelets, of whichthe followng s a specification.

This invention relates to bracelets of the extendible type and has forits object to provide such a bracelet having in its construction anextendible link which comprises a plurality of members adapted to beunfolded and extended to enlarge the bracelet to permit it to pass overthe hand onto the arm of thewearer, and to provide means in this linkwhereby these members are adapted to be folded one upon the other tocontract the bracelet to its normal size.

It is found in practice that the ordinary expansion bracelet formed ofsliding links does not expand sufficiently to permit it to be readilypassed over the hand onto the arm of the wearer and then contractsufliciently to fit tightly about the arm, which is quite necessary inthis class of bracelets, therefore, to obviate this-ditliculty andpermit the bracelet to be temporarily enlarged, I have interposed anextendible link which is constructed of a plurality of members hingedtogether and adapted to be unfolded to extend the bracelet sufficientlyto permit it to be readily passed over the hand after which the membersof this link may be readily folded into contracted position by theaction of the thumb and finger of one hand causing it to fit closelyabout the arm.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the ap' ended claims.

n the accompanying drawings: Figure 1- is a side elevation showing abracelet with my improved extendible link connected thereto, the linkbeing in contracted position. Fig. 2- shows the bracelet with myimproved extendible link inpartially unfolded position. Fig. 3 is anenlarged view of the extendible link in folded or closed position withone of the sides of the housing member removed. Fig. 4- shows theextendible link in extended or unfolded position. Fig. 5 is a top viewshowing the extendible link in extended position. Fig. 6 is a detail inperspective of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1%1115.

Serial No. 873,116.

housing member showing the two sides of the same connected together atopposite ends by bridge members.

Referring to the drawings 10 designates the housing member of theextendible link :VhlCll is'preferably shaped to correspond in externalappearance to the other links-in the bracelet and in this particularform of bracelet this member is blanked out of sheet stock and thenstruck up to form a pair of trough shaped members 11 and 12, spacedapart and their opposite ends are connected together by bridges 13 and14, respectively. In this space 15 between these members, ll havemountedan extension arm 16 which has one end 18 bent into loop form about thebridge 13 at one end of this housing member, the opposite end 19 of thisextension arm is bent into loop form around the bridge 21 in the nextadjacent link 22. Another extension arm 23 also lies in this space 15 inthe housing member and has one end 24 bent in loop form about the bridge14 of said member and its opposite end 25 is looped around thebridge 26in the adjacent link 27. As will be seen by this construction thishousing link 10 with its two extendible arms 16 and 23 is adapted to beunfolded and extended into the position illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 toelongate the same to the extent of about three times the length of thehousing link and that the members of this link are readily folded backinto position to contract or shorten the bracelet when desired.

By my improved construction it will be seen that when the link is foldedinto contracted position, see Fig. 3, owing to the arrangement of theparts the end wise strain on the link does not tend to pull the sameopen, but on the contrary the slight tension due to the springs in theother links would have the effect to rather hold the members of thislink in folded position, rather than to open or unfold the same, inother words, this link is prevented from accidentally opening when inposition on the arm owing to the fact that it is obliged to openinwardly against the arm and the tension of the springs in the othersections would prevent such opening action without assistance, but inorder to insure the link against accidental unfolding even when not uponthe arm of the wearer, I have provided a spring lock or detent whichengages the ends of the extending members to hold them in.folded'position; This detent may be of any slight protuberance 28 whichis formed on the end 19 of the extendible arm 16 and a correspondingrecess 29 is formed inthe end 24 of the arm 23 also a similarprotuberance 30 is formed in the end 18 of the arm 16 and acorresponding recess 31 in the end 25 of the arm 23, whereby when thesemembers are folded together the protuberance 28-is sprung into andenters the recess 29 and also theprotuberance 30 springs into.

and enters the recess 31 thereby releasably securing these partstogether in folded position.

v A feature of my improved construction is that the members of thisextendible link are very readily folded together by the thumb andfingers of one hand, which is quite a necessary construction, as when alady is applying'the bracelet to her arm, she is thus enabled tomanipulate the same to move the parts to contracted position withoutassistance.

f I claim: I

1. In a bracelet an extendible link comprising three members pivotedtogether end to end, the outer end of each end member being adapted tobe connected tmadjacent ends of the bracelet, the middle member of saidlink being free to be swung on one of its pivots over end for enduponone of the end members and draw the second end member with it andover upon it, whereby all of thesaid three members of'thelink are foldedto overlie each other when in contracted position.

2. In a bracelet an extendible link comprising three members pivotedtogether end to end, the outer end of each end member being adapted tobe connected to adjacent ends of the bracelet, the middle member of saidlink being free to be swung on one of its pivots over end for end uponone of the end members and draw the second end member with it andover-upon it, whereby all of the said three members of the link arefolded to overlie each other when in con tracted position, and means forlocking said members in contracted position.

3. In a bracelet, an extendible link comprising a housing member havingtwo spaced apart side members connected by a bridge at each end, a pairof extension arms pivoted to said bridges, one at each end of saidhousing member, the opposite ends of said arms being connected to theadjacent links of the bracelet whereby said arms are adapted t0-befolded into the space in the housing link, to overlie each other when incontracted position, to reducethe length of the bracelet.

4. In a bracelet, an extendible link comprising a housing member havingtwo spaced apart side members connected by a bridge at each end, a pairof extension arms pivoted to said bridge, one at each end of saidhousing member, the opposite ends of said arms being connected to theadjacent links of the bracelet whereby said arms are adapted to befolded into the space in the housing link to over-lie each other when incontracted position to reduce the length of the bracelet, and means insaid members for locking the parts in contracted position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ART HADLEY.

Witnesses:

HOWARD E. BARLOW, A. F. MACREADY.

